Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Pelosi’s Democracy. One Nation, Two Governments, Two State Departments

"We were very pleased with the reassurances we received from thepresident that he was ready to resume the peace process," Nancy Pelosi

The Democratic Party, not content with winning control of Congress has now set up it’s own State Department. One of it’s first moves is the delegation of Democratic members of Congress lead by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi trip to Syria.

Pelosi met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at his hilltop Palace. Apparently Syrian Israeli peace talks were at the top of the agenda. "Syria tries to read the American tea leaves very closely, and this type of signal is read as very significant in Damascus," said Paul Salem, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Apologists for the trip clam the Pelosi Delegation has done nothing different that other Congressional visits. The official Syrian Newspaper disagrees.

"The presence of the American speaker of the House in Damascus carriesmore than one meaning, the most important of which is convincing Americanofficials of the importance of dialogue with Syria and its key role in theregion. It is also a blunt recognition of the failure of the Bushadministration's policy." Al-Thawra editorial

Since taking control of Congress, Democrats have attacked the War in Iraq by introducing resolutions designed to undercut the Bush Administration prosecution of the war.

“We're Going to Pick up Senate Seats as a Result of This War”Democratic Senate Majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid.

Imagine, using a war for political gain. That’s going over the line. During the Mexican War, Abraham Lincoln opposed the war, but waited until the fighting was all but over before voicing that opposition. Lincoln faced criticism for not speaking out earlier.

"The distinction between the cause of the President in beginning the war, and the cause of the country after it was begun, is a distinction which you [Democrats] cannot perceive." Abraham Lincoln

Unlike opponents of the Iraq war, Lincoln consistently voted support for the troops and prosecution of the war against Mexico.

In an attack on the Iraqi Parliament a suicide bomber killed one member and wounded dozens. The next day, Friday an Islamic day of prayer, a special session of the Parliament was held. The speaker said it was, "a clear message to all the terrorists and all those who dare try to stop this [political] process that we will sacrifice in order for it to continue."

The same day Senator Harry Reid held a press conference bragging how the war would help the Democratic Party extend it’s control of Congress. This is a good contrast between Democratic controlled U.S. Congress and the Iraqi Parliament

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The FarOutFish Files are written by a Retired Television Journalist, Political Commentator, Poker Dealer and Card Room Manager. A neo-Libertarian who believes. "THE GOVERNMENT THAT GOVERNS LEAST, GOVERNS BEST" " Thomas Jefferson

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.EDWARD R. MURROW

There has been a monthly average of 160,000 troops in Iraq, during the last 22 months, and a total of 2,867 deaths. That gives a firearm death rate of60 per 100,000 soldiers.
The firearm death rate in Washington D.C. is80.6 per 100,000 personsfor the same period. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. Capital than you are in Iraq.
CONCLUSION; WE SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM WASHINGTON

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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead....CARL von CLAUSEWITZ.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.Specialization is for insects.LAZARUS LONG

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